Five Reveals from the Flood-Control Data
Flood-control projects fund extravagant lifestyles. It pays to be the House appropriations committee chair. Many lawmakers own or are linked to contracting firms. Bad contractors can get good contracts. And flood-prone areas in Mindanao got the least number and amount of projects.
When s**t hits the fan… (3)
Maling-mali si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. kung inaakala niya na ang pagsibak kay Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan at paglalagay kay Transportation Secretary Vivencio “Vince” Dizon bilang kapalit ay maaapula ang sunog sa kanyang gobyerno na siya mismo ang nagsindi.
Metro flooding exposes massive DPWH corruption in flood control projects
“Saan napunta ang bilyun-bilyong piso na inilaan para sa flood control projects? Lumubog din ba sa baha tulad ng Elliptical Road, Katipunan at Mother Ignacia? While our people suffer and lose their livelihoods to these predictable floods, corrupt officials and their contractor-cronies have enriched themselves through overpriced, substandard, and often non-existent infrastructure projects.”
Nueva Vizcaya Town Council Orders Halt to Exploration
The Sangguniang Bayan reaffirmed its guiding principle of “public service above self” and vowed to continue defending the interests of the people of Dupax del Norte.
Account for the disappeared, gov’t urged
It appears that the Marcos Jr. regime has forked tongues. It doesn’t mean what it says and doesn’t say what it means. Horrific, forsooth!
PUP scholars hold National Press Freedom Day events
“The situation of journalists during Marcos Sr.’s regime is not far from what we are seeing under the current administration of Marcos Jr. Journalists continue to experience various forms of intimidation and harassment from the state. We, as members of the media, are encouraged to use our voices and capabilities to fight for the truth, despite the threats we face.”
When s**t hits the fan… (2)
“If there is a wheel, there is a way” na ang bagong kasabihan at aanihin ng mga tao ang alikabok habang patungo sa bangko ang maghahati-hati sa pera ng bayan. Naturalmente, Rolls Royce at Bentley ang kanilang sasakyan habang nagdidildil sa caviar.
Cumpio’s liberty remains top campaign on National Press Freedom Day
An international press freedom coalition had been monitoring Cumpio’s trial since she began testifying in November 2024, nearly half a decade after she was first arrested.
NTF-ELCAC, AFP, stop the threats, harassment vs peasants, activists
“The Marcos administration has the audacity to claim that it is a ‘long-time champion of international humanitarian law,’ while his National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) run roughshod on the basic rights and fundamental freedoms of ordinary peasants, Indigenous people, and political dissenters. This posturing is belied by the state of unpeace and terror inflicted by State security forces in the countryside.”
AFP suffered 9 fatalities in clashes vs NPA this month, CPP reports
CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said at least nine Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troopers were killed in August alone in heightened military operations against NPA units across the country.